Development of the Coastal Intensive Site Network (CISNET)

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) have formed a partnership to establish pilot sites for the development of a network known as the Coastal Intensive Site Network (CISNet). CISNet is composed of intensive, long-term monitoring and research sites around the U.S. marine and Great Lakes coasts. In this partnership, EPA and NOAA are funding research and monitoring programs at pilot sites that utilize ecological indicators and investigate the ecological effects of environmental stressors. NASA is funding research aimed at developing a remote sensing capability that will augment or enhance in situresearch and monitoring programs selected by EPA and NOAA. CISNet has three objectives: 1) to develop a sound scientific basis for understanding ecological responses to anthropogenic stresses in coastal environments, including the interaction of exposure, environment/climate, and biological/ecological factors in the response, and the spatial and temporal nature of these interactions, 2) to demonstrate the value of developing data from selected sites intensively monitored to examine the relationships between changes in environmental stressors, including anthropogenic and natural stresses, and ecological response, and 3) to provide intensively monitored sites for development and evaluation of indicators of change in coastal systems.     

对进一步优化南通地区空气自动监测工作的研究和思考

以南通地区空气自动监测工作为例,从数据应用、人才保障、托管运维、监测因子、数据集成和控制等方面阐述了优化空气自动监测工作相应的对策,以便更好地为环境管理和决策提供有力的技术支持。     

饮用水源地防控与预警研究

根据全国饮用水源地调查和现行政策法规,结合江苏省及泰州市饮用水源地专项整治情况,全面分析了饮用水源地防控和预警工作中存在的问题,借鉴国外饮用水源地防控预警的特色做法,阐述了适合中国国情的饮用水源防控及预警的10项保护措施,供环保从业人员参考。     

利用硫铁矿烧渣生产铁精粉的研究与探讨

针对辰溪县硫铁矿烧渣的利用现状,以硫铁矿烧渣为原料,制取铁精粉的新工艺进行探讨。通过对硫铁矿烧渣的筛选与理化处理,所得到的铁精粉其各相关指标均达到钢铁生产行业对铁精粉的质量要求。     

城市生活有机垃圾湿式动态厌氧发酵工艺

对城市生活有机垃圾处理技术现状进行分析的基础上,结合我国国情,提出一种新型的湿式动态厌氧发酵工艺。进一步论述了湿式动态厌氧发酵工艺方案选择,重点介绍该工艺的流程,各部分结构的功能。最后,总结该工艺的优点,对工艺的不足之处进行了探讨并提出相应的处理措施。     

铜和异噻唑啉酮类化合物对大型溞的联合毒性研究

异噻唑啉酮类化合物在杀菌、海洋防污等领域的广泛使用和长期排放,对非靶标生物造成了极大的风险 .铜是海洋防污中应用最为广泛的无机活性物质和杀菌灭藻剂中常用的稳定剂 . 因此,研究铜和异噻唑啉酮类化合物的联合毒性效应有着重要的生态意义 . 本研究测定了CuCl₂、甲基异噻唑啉酮(MIT)和 1,2-苯并异噻唑啉-3-酮(BIT)对大型溞(Daphnia Magna)的一元、二元急性毒性,以毒性单位(TU)和混合毒性指数(MTI)评价混合物的作用类型 .选取浓度加和(Concentration Addition,CA)模型与独立作用(Independent Action,IA)模型为参考并结合三维偏差响应面分析混合物毒性相互作用与浓度变化的规律 . 结果表明,CuCl₂、MIT 和 BIT 对大型溞的 48 h-EC₅₀分别为 0.84、1.06 和 3.90 mg·L^-1.CuCl₂-MIT 和 CuCl₂-BIT 混合体系在等毒性比例下的毒性作用符合 IA ...     

One Hundred Questions of Importance to the Conservation of Global Biological Diversity

Abstract:  We identified 100 scientific questions that, if answered, would have the greatest impact on conservation practice and policy. Representatives from 21 international organizations, regional sections and working groups of the Society for Conservation Biology, and 12 academics, from all continents except Antarctica, compiled 2291 questions of relevance to conservation of biological diversity worldwide. The questions were gathered from 761 individuals through workshops, email requests, and discussions. Voting by email to short-list questions, followed by a 2-day workshop, was used to derive the final list of 100 questions. Most of the final questions were derived through a process of modification and combination as the workshop progressed. The questions are divided into 12 sections: ecosystem functions and services, climate change, technological change, protected areas, ecosystem management and restoration, terrestrial ecosystems, marine ecosystems, freshwater ecosystems, species management, organizational systems and processes, societal context and change, and impacts of conservation interventions. We anticipate that these questions will help identify new directions for researchers and assist funders in directing funds.     

220kV开关拒动事故分析及防范

针对永安火电厂 2 2 0 k V线路接地短路之后开关拒动事故 ,从保护动作行为及开关拒动进行原因分析 ,提出防范措施 ,以避免类似事故发生。     

Fish consumption reduces transfer of BDE47 from dam to murine offspring

Fish and seafood are important contributions to a healthy diet, but also contain persistent organic pollutants (POPs) like polybrominated diphenylethers (PBDEs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). Discrepancies have been found between intake and accumulated levels of POPs, where fish consumers have had similar levels of POPs to the general population. Similarly fish oil consumption has been found to reduce accumulation of POPs. This study examined the accumulation of BDE47 or PCB153 in mice fed diets with different nutritional composition, using female mice with pre-weanling pups exposed through gestation and lactation. A fish-based diet was compared to a standard casein-based rodent diet. All diets had low background levels of environmental contaminants and were spiked with BDE47 or PCB153 to levels representing a realistic (∼0.004 μmol kgbw⁻¹ d) or a high dietary exposure (∼1.3 μmol kgbw⁻¹ d). Accumulation of BDE47 or PCB153 in offspring tissues after 18 d lactation reflected the maternal exposure levels. However, the pups of dams fed a fish-based diet had consistently lower BDE47 accumulation in liver, fat and stomach than pups from casein-fed dams. Similarly the pups of dams fed a high dose of PCB153 in a fish diet also accumulated less PCB153 than pups of the dams fed a casein diet, although not significant. In conclusion, the fish based diets seemed to reduce transfer of BDE47 and PCB153 from dams to pups. The study highlights that in-depth knowledge about nutritional impact on toxicokinetics is of great interest to vulnerable consumers.     

Evaluation of the fish short term reproduction assay for detecting endocrine disrupters

In a fish testing strategy, positive results of the fish short term reproduction assay (FSTR), often trigger a definitive test like the fish sexual development test (FSDT) or the fish full life cycle test (FFLC), entailing ethical and economic problems. This study analysed 137 studies encompassing 35 chemicals with different modes of actions (MOAs). Variability is quantified for MOA endpoints vitellogenin (VTG) and secondary sex characteristics (SSCs) as well as for apical endpoints. Two MOA endpoints could indicate estrogenic, anti-estrogenic, androgenic, anti-androgenic and steroidogenesis activities. Great variability, however, has been observed for chemicals with anti-androgenic and steroidogenesis activities, suggesting that TG229/230 may not be sensitive enough to detect these types of chemicals and may produce false negatives. Changes in apical endpoints like fecundity are not limited to endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs). Non-EDCs could induce the similar effects on these apical endpoints. If elucidating MOA is needed, targeted in vitro MOA tests are suggested. Positive in vitro MOA results trigger a definitive test, which could be used for confirmation of the MOA in vivo and for deriving a no observed effect concentration (NOEC). Based on positive MOA results of TG229, a definitive test such as the FSDT or the FFLC is still needed, because the current TG229 has limitation on the derivation of a NOEC. An extended TG229 with more power to detect reproduction effects, as recently proposed in the OECD test guideline program, would improve the possibility to derive a NOEC and increase its usefulness in risk assessment.